Carmel-by-the-Sea, California
Tor House and Hawk Tower
One poet's handmade, anachronistic home.
Places sandylibrarian Wants to Go
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Places I want to go
Places on this traveler's wishlist.
Tucson, Arizona
Richard F. Caris Mirror Laboratory
Giant telescope mirrors built in a spinning furnace under a college football stadium.
Tucson, Arizona
University of Arizona Mathematical Models Collection
A cabinet of curious mathematical models and old calculators.
Seattle, Washington
Neukom Vivarium
A rotting tree in the middle of Seattle doubles as an elaborately-controlled art piece.
Lucas, Kansas
World's Largest Collection of Smallest Versions of Largest Things
A unique attraction and museum dedicated to exploring iconic roadside structures.
Permanently Closed
Los Angeles, California
Institute For Figuring
This hands-on math museum believes in turning concepts into constructs.
Permanently Closed
Los Angeles, California
Synchronicity Space
An enchanted arts space which assumes infinite identities.
Permanently Closed
Los Angeles, California
Chandelier Tree
Dozens of lights dangle from the branches of what may be the brightest tree in Los Angeles.
Los Angeles, California
Samuel Freeman House
This forgotten Frank Lloyd Wright house is an architectural marvel at the end of a sleepy residential street.
Los Angeles, California
Old Trapper's Lodge Statues
A wild west scene starring life-sized wooden statues hides in the trees behind Pierce College.
Los Angeles, California
The Pasadena Veloway
A Bicycle Path in the Sky.
Los Angeles, California
Historic Street Lighting Museum
The illuminating collection of L.A. street lights is run by the city and only opens one day per month.
Los Angeles, California
UCLA Meteorite Collection
What began with a single, 357-pound chunk of the Canyon Diablo meteorite grew to be an impressive collection.
Los Angeles, California
Great Wall of Los Angeles
One of the world's longest murals depicts the history of diversity in Los Angeles.
Los Angeles, California
Heritage Square Museum
Beautiful Victorian buildings from L.A.'s forgotten architectural past.
Los Angeles, California
Barnsdall Art Park
This hilltop park offers magnificent views and a Frank Lloyd Wright masterpiece.
Los Angeles, California
Bob Baker Marionette Theater
Historic marionette theater features thousands of handmade puppets and free cups of ice cream.
Los Angeles, California
Self-Realization Fellowship Lake Shrine
This serene oasis in an affluent Los Angeles neighborhood holds some of Gandhi's ashes and got Elvis into Eastern Philosophy.
Los Angeles, California
Phantasma Gloria
One man's homage to the sun continues to grow like a glass fractal.
Los Angeles, California
Griffith Observatory’s Tesla Coil
High on a hill overlooking Los Angeles lives a world famous, high-power conical Tesla Coil.
San Francisco, California
Encryption Lava Lamps
The randomness of this wall of lava lamps helps encrypt up to 10 percent of the internet.
San Francisco, California
Internet Archive Headquarters
The grand, column-fronted, sculpture-adorned home of the ambitious digital library.
Chandigarh, India
Nek Chand Saini’s Rock Garden
A palatial sculpture park was built illegally and in secret by a self-taught artist over 36 years.
Santa Barbara, California
Whale House
This stunning sea creature-shaped home blends into the landscape like a fantasy villa.
